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Category: Coronavirus

The sweetness of 2020

I don’t want to pretend for a second that it was great. It was full of rawness and grief and … More

2020, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Grief, Happy New year, Max Richter, Mental Health, New Year Letter, Reading, Writing

Do not pass go, do not collect £200

  The grief keeps on coming. Though I write from my place of privilege, of safety, it still feels relentless. … More

A Case of You, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Death, Grief, Joni Mitchell, Loss, Monopoly, Trauma

A quiet moment

  I can’t be alone in experiencing the coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown as something of an infringement on my … More

A Quiet Moment, Activism, Being Creative, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Creativity, Kafka, Life Lessons, mindfulness, Peter Gabriel, Presence, Reading, Sabbath, Silence, Writing

Struggling

Struggling I haven’t had time to stand and fart recently, and you’re wanting me to work on a relationship? That … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Lifesaving Poems, Lifesaving Poetry, Mark Robinson, Mental Health, Michael Laskey, Poems, Poetry, Poets

Schoolchildren

The Schoolchildren Like leaves startled by a gust of wind they peel away from the tight-knit group, one child, two, … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19, Lifesaving Poems, Pedro Serrano, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry

We have to have great meals

  Simply Lit Often toward evening, after another day, after another year of days, in the half dark on the … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19, James Schuyler, Lifesaving Poems, Malena Morling, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Raymond Carver, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Simply Lit

A bright soul keeps on beating

  Dying Nothing to be said about it, and everything – The change of changes, closer or further away: The … More

Cornavirus, Covid-19, Dying, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Robert Pinsky

Places of hope

  Here are some places that I have been visiting recently and derived much comfort from. I hope you enjoy … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19, Creativity, Josephine Corcoran, Justin Wise, Lucille Clifton, Natalie Jabbar, Octavio Paz, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Samuel Barber, Shawna Lemay, Simon Parke, Yehuda Amichai

The wonder is

  The washing never gets done. The furnace never gets heated. Books never get read. Life is never completed. Life … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19, Jaan Kaplinski, Life Lessons, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Spring

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